Seamaster 165.024 at auction

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jimmyd13

·Apr 18, 2018

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...aign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-linkhttps://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...aign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-link

Oooh, that's a long link!

This one popped up on my notifications today and I'm struggling to see past that bezel. I genuinely laughed. But as I looked closer the dial and hands looked right for a 165.024. The case isn't bad. I hate the chip on that one lug. I've seen that crown on these but more usually it's slightly domed ... which is, or are both, correct?

I started thinking it was a joke and I'm ending up thinking it's got promise as a project. At £5000 it's too much but at £4000?

Thoughts from the hive mind?

 

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gemini4

·Apr 18, 2018·Hoarder Of Speed et alia

At first glance that bezel does not look right at all.
Digits too small, crooked plots.

 

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jimmyd13

·Apr 18, 2018

gemini4

At first glance that bezel does not look right at all.
Digits too small, crooked plots.

I think it's someone's first shot at rebuilding the insert ... if it is a first try, it's better than mine would be. But beyond that ... i'm starting to like it.

 

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gemini4

·Apr 18, 2018·Hoarder Of Speed et alia

I think it supposed to look more like this type "B"

 

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Dash1

·Apr 18, 2018

Of course the bezel is very wrong, but the dial is quite attractive and I suspect retains its original lume. Nice to have the security of the extract as well.

 

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kox

·Apr 18, 2018

gemini4

I think it supposed to look more like this type "B"

That's the first 165024 bezel, Marc...."A" type, not "B" 😜

The OP watch should look like my left one below (with type three bezel)....normal non subreference 165024 HF, which is in line with a january 1967 production. And yes the OP crown should be slimmer. Not a bad example besides that bezel.

 

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esspee1200

·Apr 19, 2018

Hand drag appears to be on dial. But overall, dial looks like in decent shape considering that a lot of these dials are ‘moldy’ with a greener lime patina.

 

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Dash1

·May 2, 2018

Anybody know the hammer price?

 

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jimmyd13

·May 2, 2018

Dash1

Anybody know the hammer price?

Searching both the-saleroom and the auctioneer's own site, there doesn't seem to be a published result. We need to hope someone attended or saw the auction and can recall.